Man or Machine

Man or Machine
Air Date	June 15, 2002
Season	01
Episode Number	26
Proceeded By	The Iceman Cometh
Followed By	A Spy is Born II

Man or Machine is episode 26 of Season 1.

Characters

• Clover
• Samantha
• Alexandra
• Jerry Lewis
• Mandy
• Keiko
• Eisenstein

Synopsis

The spies are sent on a mission to figure out the reason behind the strange behaviors of world leaders. In a B-story, Alex and Clover make fun of Sam for being no fun.

Gadgets

• Catsuit
• Compowder
  • Older version with a satellite dish
• Crystalline Airtight Tri-sect Shielding
• Digit Decoder Credit Card
• Ice Queen Perfume
  • Instant Freeze Back-off Breath Spray
• Improvised
  • Credit card
• Just Sticky Enough Glue Glove
• Mini Lint Vac Battery De-Charger
• Pocket Sized Protracting Lip Spear

Trivia

• The same robot is seen in:
  • "Man or Machine"
  • "So Totally Not Groove-y"
  • "The Dusk of Dawn"
• The helicopter used is the Mil Mi-24.
  • “A Thing For Musicians” -- Sebastian Saga
  • “Malled” -- Simon Tucker
  • "Man or Machine" -- Eisenstein
  • "Model Citizens" -- Tuesday Tate
  • “Stark Raving Mad” -- Sebastian Saga
• Eisenstein is a reference to:
  • Albert Einstein
  • “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley
  • Sergei Eisenstein, director of “Battleship Potemkin”
• The storyline is similar to “Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow”. The machines continue the mission after the creator is dead.
• The title is a reference to the series “Mann & Machine”.
• The Japanese Emperor is seen in "The Wedding Crasher".
• Keiko is the wife of the Japanese Emperor and an ex-WOOHP agent.
• Keiko has a supply of gadgets from her WOOHP career.
• Alex reveals that she prefers dogs over cats.
• Alex is the shortest of the three girls, with Clover possibly being the tallest (slightly taller than Sam).
• Goof: When the girls imagine themselves having their mugshots taken, they're shown to be roughly around 4 foot 5 inch - 4 foot 7 inch. This is incorrect as they're all actually 12 inches taller than that (Alex around 5 foot 4 inch - 5 foot 5 inch and Sam and Clover being 5 foot 6 inch), though Alex is still shown to be the shortest of the three in this image, which is true.
• Goof: It is never explained how Alex got her shoes back when she gave them to the butler at the palace.
• Goof: Malaysia is spelled "Malaisia" in this episode.
• Goof: When showing a map of Japan and Asia, the country of Thailand is coloured in blue instead of green (land), making it seem part of the ocean.
• Goof: When the girls arrived at Keiko's Home, where we see a close-up of the girl's muddy feet, Clover's pants are shown to be long enough to cover her knees, but in the next shot the pants are shown to be short enough to see part of her knees. In the same close up, Alex's socks are shown to be lowered down but in the next shot they are not. Also, where we see a close-up pf the girl's feet after arriving at the house, the reflection under Clover's feet shows that her right leg has more mud on then her actually leg.
• Goof: When the spies meet Keiko and the Emperor (animatronic) , Alex's eyes are shown to be blue instead of brown. This repeats a few more times in this episode.
• Goof: When Sam, Clover and Alex lower the flooded slide at the beginning of the episode, Sam is no longer handcuffed, but still is when she is fished out by the clamp.
• Goof: When Clover and Alex started calling Sam "Sam no fun" at the mall, the sleeves of Alex's shirt are missing.
• Goof: When Sam, Clover and Alex faced Eisenstein and his animatrons inside the jet, the prime minister of Malaysia is among the assembled world leaders despite him having been just brought back to his home country after the destruction of his animatron copy.

Gallery

Height inaccuracy goof